Lebawit Lily Girma9 Things I’d Tell My Younger SelfLife lessons after three decades as an expat living abroadFeb 15, 20181Feb 15, 20181
Lebawit Lily GirmaWhy You Should Experience Carnival in the Dominican RepublicFinding devils, whips, and inspiration at the most ancient Caribbean carnivalFeb 8, 2018Feb 8, 2018
Lebawit Lily GirmaMeeting Chester Higgins,Jr.: An “anthropologist with a camera,” celebrating the African diasporaIt was Easter weekend in Brooklyn, New York, when I got to spend an entire afternoon with America’s most preeminent African American…Feb 3, 2018Feb 3, 2018
Lebawit Lily GirmaNotes from Cuba: That First Night in HavanaMy first evening in Havana, I convinced one of my three casa hosts, a 27-something Cuban, fluent in English and with family in California…Feb 2, 2018Feb 2, 2018
Lebawit Lily GirmaNotes from Cuba: The Casa Manager“Tienes ojos mu-uy impresionantes!” José* is leaning into the doorway of my room, standing two inches from my face when he tells me I have…Feb 2, 2018Feb 2, 2018
Lebawit Lily GirmaAn afternoon with Paul Nabor, King of Paranda (1928–2014)“The National Treasures of Belize are its people. Culturally, the Garifuna people of Dangriga, Belize are most interesting. […] The oldest…Feb 2, 2018Feb 2, 2018